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(No Model.)

. S. MQLEWE'E.

.OIGAR LIGHTER.

Patented Mar. 13

N. PETERS. FbotoLihognphur, Washingmn. n. c"

STATES PATENT Fries.

WILLIAM S. MC-LEWEE, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB J. NICHOLS, OF

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

CIGAR=LIGHTER.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,868, dated March13, 1883.

Application filed November 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. MGLEWEE, ofNew York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Cigar-Lighters, of which the following isa specification.

My improvement relates to cigar-lighters which comprise a reservoir foralcohol, receptacles for torches, and a reservoir or fount for a lamp,from which the torches may be lighted.

Theimprovement consists in a cigar-lighter havinga single piece ofglass, porcelain, or other ceramic ware comprising a reservoir foralcohol, and provided with a portion extending centrally upward from itfor supporting a lamp-reservoir, and also provided with pro jections onopposite sides, having open tops, through which torches may be insertedinto the alcohol-reservoir, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation ot'acigar-lighter embodying my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a perspective viewofa piece of glass, porcelain, or other ceramic ware, comprising areservoir for alcohol, receptacles for torches, and a holder for alamp-fount.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

A designates a base-piece, which may be made of sheet metal, spun intoshape and secured, if desirable, to a heavy metallic footpiece arrangedwithin it.

B designates a single piece of glass, porcelain, or other ceramic ware,comprising a peg, a, which fits in the base-piece A, and is securedthere by plaster-of-paris or cement, a reservoir for alcohol, I),receptacles or holders 0 for torches D, and a holder, cl, for alampfount, E. The alcohol-reservoir b is of globular form, and thetorch-holders consist of semicylindric extensions or projections onopposite sides thereof. The holder for the lamp-fount extends centrallyupward from the reservoir, and is shown as of cylindric form, and thelamp-fount as of corresponding shape. The lamp-fount is shown as madeofisheet metal, and has a flange, 0, extending over the top of. theholder d and suspending it. It is designed for containing kerosene andto be furnished with a kerosene-burner. The torch-holders have lips atthe upper ends, and to these are fitted ornamental sheet-metal tips. Ifdesirable, sheet-metal tubes may be extended down into thetorch-receptacles nearly to the bottom to receive the torches. Thetorches consist of twisted wire, as usual, and have ornamental handles,which rest on the tips of the holders 0.

The piece B may be decorated in any suitable manner.

It is obvious that by my improvement I produce a very tasteful and cheapcigar-lighter.

I am aware that there has been patented a cigar-lighter comprising alower fount for alcohol and an upper Iamp-lount for oil, detachablyfitted in the alcohol-fount, and having tubes extending through it toadmit of the insertion of torches into the alcohol.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A cigar-lighter having a single piece of glass, porcelain, or otherceramic ware comprising a reservoir for alcohol, and provid d with aportion extending centrally upward from it for supporting alamp-reservoir, and also provided with projections on oppositesideshaving open tops, through which torches may beinserted into the alcoholreservoir, substantially as specified.

\V. S. MOLE WEE.

\tVitnesses:

T. J. KEANE, JAMES R. BOWEN.

